Comment by lelanthran
5 hours ago
My experience of both is that MySQL is easier for developers, PostgreSQL is easier for sysads.
That was true in 2012; dunno if it still applies though.
5 hours ago
My experience of both is that MySQL is easier for developers, PostgreSQL is easier for sysads.
That was true in 2012; dunno if it still applies though.
I doubt it was true in 2012, because sysadmins would be the ones trying to make it run reliably, including things like replication, upgrades, etc.
Pretty sure that even in 2012 MySQL had very easy to use replication, which Postgres didn't have well into the late 2010s (does it today? It's been a while since I've ran any databases).
> I doubt it was true in 2012, because sysadmins would be the ones trying to make it run reliably, including things like replication, upgrades, etc.
Possibly I got it wrong and switched around which was easier on the devs and which was easier on the sysads?
In my defence, ISTR, when talking to sysads about MySQL vs PostgreSQL, they preferred the latter due to having less to worry about once deployed (MySQL would apparently magically lose data sometimes).
MyISAM in the olden days could/would magically lose data. InnoDB has been the de facto standard for a while and I haven't seen data loss attributed to it.
>MySQL is easier for developers
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